[ the rather half-assed suggestion he throws out is just that, a rather careless what-if? sort of idea. what if he wasn't alone in that 2-vs-1 fight? it's funny, the first time he stumbled into it cycles and cycles ago, he'd been so offended over how unfair the battle was, and true enough that very first time had ended very quickly with axe and spear practically gutting him simultaneously. ever since then the sheer indignation of the double fight wore off, the fact that zagreus is outnumbered became just that: a fact. he just had to deal with it.
but what if he didn't? the little hypothetical of having meg with him suddenly struck him like lightning. and it had an appeal that was somewhat inexplicable for some reason, but reality ensues with meg's response, because what kind of world would this be if she just rolls with his decisions? when she'd so often shoot them down as foolish or, in this case... unpleasant? he'd been brightening up somewhat in oblivious optimism, then blinks as if physically stunned--
a groan. ] Meg...
Do you enjoy beating me that much? [ well, probably not as much as alecto does. but he wins over alecto more, he thinks. ] I've gotten better at defeating you, too. What's our win-loss ratio again?
... Don't tell me, if it's greater in your favor. [ it proobably is. he had a lot of losses when he was just starting out, it'd take a while before his win streak would catch up to that first long string of losses. ]
SORRY FOR BEING SO LATE i got a little busy
but what if he didn't? the little hypothetical of having meg with him suddenly struck him like lightning. and it had an appeal that was somewhat inexplicable for some reason, but reality ensues with meg's response, because what kind of world would this be if she just rolls with his decisions? when she'd so often shoot them down as foolish or, in this case... unpleasant? he'd been brightening up somewhat in oblivious optimism, then blinks as if physically stunned--
a groan. ] Meg...
Do you enjoy beating me that much? [ well, probably not as much as alecto does. but he wins over alecto more, he thinks. ] I've gotten better at defeating you, too. What's our win-loss ratio again?
... Don't tell me, if it's greater in your favor. [ it proobably is. he had a lot of losses when he was just starting out, it'd take a while before his win streak would catch up to that first long string of losses. ]